American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. Ray is best described as a modernist, and was a significant contributor to both the Dada and Surrealist movements. He is best known in the art world for his (at the time) avant-garde photography. Man Ray produced major works in a variety of media and considered himself a painter above all. He was also a renowned fashion and portrait photographer. Ray is also noted for his photograms, which he renamed "rayographs" after himself. The recognition for Man Ray's work beyond his fashion and portrait photography was slow in coming during his lifetime, especially in his native United States, but since then his reputation has grown.
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